Playstation 3, commonly known as PS3, is the most favored gaming console among the youth. In order to gain enhanced PS3 gaming experience, it is essential to play it on the right TV! Your common LCD and CRT TV sets are too old to provide you with the awesome gaming experience that PS3 has to offer. We have decided to write about HDTVs today. HDTVs offer a splendid gaming experience and have evolved from primary beta to perfect products. Below is brief insight into the evolution of HDTVs from past to present.
Past
In almost eighty years since the emergence of first television which had a blurry black and white picture, television has come a long way. Latest technology provides high-definition images with life like realism. Looking at the advancement in recent years one can only imagine what the future holds for us.
It was in 1954 when first colour television was launched commercially by RCA. At that time the NTSC standard was used for the transmission of colour television. Gradually in 1950s, new architecture was introduced which gradually replaced the vacuum tube chassis to more solid state components.
In 1960s colour television became very popular and remote control units were also introduced. Then in 1970s VCR came, which gave new dimension to the television viewers. VCRs had the capability to record and playback videotapes which instantly became a hit. 1980s saw the arrival for cable TV boxes which replaced TV antennas. Cable TV offered scores of channels to view. After the advent of cable TV, few would argue that next big thing has been the high definition television (HDTV).
Present
Today there is a lot of buzz in the consumer marketplace about HD technology. You hear lot of technical words like HD Ready, HD Compatible and Integrated HDTV etc. The analog TV technology has been replaced by digital television. Although the old TV also exist but to see true digital picture you need to have a HDTV set, projector or flat panel display. There are also available some converter boxes that enables the old televisions set to display digital signals but their quality doesn’t get any better.
The most important thing when choosing HDTV is to look for one that is fully HD compatible. Mostly users find it difficult because of they are very expensive and it is hard to find one that is within their budget. The cost of HDTV varies from under $1000 to more than $5000.
Here are few tips to look for your HDTV display:
Wide Screen: Your display must be widescreen compatible, that means it should provide (16:9) HDTV image along with standard resolution of (4:3) SDTV image.
Resolution: To fully display HDTV image your display should provide minimum resolution (1280 x 720) pixels. But the full HD resolution is considered to be one that provides (1920 x 1080) pixels.
Video Inputs: It should be compatible with old SDTV video inputs like s-video, composite video and component video as well as new digital video inputs like DVI and HDMI. DVI and HDMI are used primarily in HDTV and gaming consoles like X-box and Playstation.
These are some of the basic things a buyer must look for to ensure he gets a true HD display. Today many manufacturers are selling HDTV and it is hard to judge which one is better suited to your needs.